Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MANAMA1718
2006-09-27 11:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001718
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL BA ROW HUMRIT
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REF: STATE 160278
Classified By: DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Pol/Econ Chief September 27 delivered reftel demarche
concerning responding to Cuba at the UN Human Rights Council
to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow
Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul
Aziz said that Bahrain supports the principle of respecting
earlier decisions taken in international bodies and would be
inclined to apply this principle in the question of Cuba's
request for special treatment in reviewing its
country-specific mandate. He said that Bahrain would be
hesitant to allow NGOs to be banned from participating in
discussions on country-specific resolutions, commenting that
NGOs can play a positive role in all countries.
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